Aliou Dieng

Aliou Dieng
Dieng with Al Ahly at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup
Personal information
Full name Aliou Dieng[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Kholood
(on loan from Al Ahly)
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Djoliba AC 20[2] (0)
2018–2019 MC Alger 37 (1)
2019– Al Ahly 122 (5)
2024– → Al-Kholood (loan) 9 (1)
International career‡
2015–2019 Mali U23 6 (0)
2016 Mali A' 6 (2)
2020– Mali 29 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mali
African Nations Championship
Runner-up 2016 Rwanda
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Aliou Dieng (born 16 October 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Kholood on loan from Al Ahly and the Mali national team.

Club career

In July 2019, Dieng joined Egyptian club Al Ahly on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[3]

On 23 August 2024, Dieng joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Kholood on a one-year loan.[4]

International career

Dieng represented a local team of Mali at the 2016 African Nations Championship, and scored a penalty in their 2–1 quarter-final win over Tunisia.[5] In 2020, Dieng played for the Malian national team for the first time at non-local level, in 2-1 victory against Namibia. With his home country, he also participated at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MC Alger 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 10 0 3 0 8[a] 0 — 21 0
2018–19 27 1 2 0 — 32 1
Total 37 1 5 0 8 0 — 50 1
Al Ahly 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League 26 1 3 0 11[a] 1 1[b] 0 41 2
2020–21 33 0 4 0 13[a] 1 4[c] 0 54 1
2021–22 21 2 4 0 13[a] 0 4[c] 0 42 2
2022–23 29 2 4 0 13[a] 0 5 0 51 2
2023–24 13 0 1 0 9[d] 0 2[c] 0 25 0
Total 122 5 16 0 59 2 16 0 213 7
Al-Kholood (loan) 2024–25 Saudi Pro League 9 1 1 0 — — 10 1
Career total 168 7 21 0 67 2 16 0 272 9
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in the CAF Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Super Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Super Cup/CAF Super Cup/FIFA Club World Cup
  4. ^ Five appearances in CAF Champions League, four appearances in African Football League

International

As of match played 19 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mali 2020 1 0
2021 7 0
2022 6 1
2023 6 0
2024 9 0
Total 29 1
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dieng goal.
List of international goals scored by Aliou Dieng
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 9 June 2022 St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda  South Sudan 3–1 3–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [6]

Honours

Al Ahly

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC" (PDF). FIFA. 7 February 2023. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Aliou Dieng - Al Ahly Cairo - Stats - titles won". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Egypt's Ahly sign Malian midfielder Aliou Dieng". Ahram Online. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ "رسميا.. الخلود يعلن ضم أليو ديانج".
  5. ^ "Le Mali et la Guinée en demi-finales du CHAN 2016". BBC News Afrique (in French). 31 January 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. ^ "South Sudan vs. Mali - 9 June 2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2022.